The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-09-16
PRESIDENT

The President talks With Freedom to the Rep.
resentatIves Of an Opposition Paper'-Cl'n
Service Reform, the Grand Army ana HIS h''
! nomination Receive Attention.
New York, Sept G-Tho World Will pup
jsh tomorrow an interview with PRESIDENT
Cleveland The correspondent, ACCORDING
20 instructions from Nj. Pulitzer, eNpresseu
.egret that the World had, on incorrect IN
formation, criticised the president 1or MS
recent instructions to the Pacific rallroau
commission. The president said:
have seen in the world with great regret ana
surprise a disposition at times 10 throw opSL%1
cles in the way OF my ehorts 10 esIaollsA ~
service reform so firmly that there can never
be "A return to the old pernlclouS mGVhTT
DDS. although seeming TO 9e It's Itleuu'
refer to the rcpuhllshtng Of the comments oL
uewspapers hostile to me ana my purpose, oLteh
EaDublIcan newspapers, and thus giving cur
rrnJT 20 carpi1S attacks, which 9Lher"!Se WOMB
be limited to the small and local clrculallons OF
papers IN which they first appeared NO Hlau IN
the c uutry can know the embarrassmenIs anu
perUlexities which have surrounded me IN AZ
tempting TO mend the condition OF ,puDllc al
fairs. With these limitations 10 IHe ILL
diately successful accomplishment OF my pur-
pose, but guided by every, Ight pos
sible to be made available, l know
/ am trying to bring about the remedy
without the least personal ambition or intent
Not Notwithstanding the natural aggravatlon whlch
Gayn frIt in noting the apparent disposition
against me personally, l see the desire OF MT,
the same direction; but the fact Is
am necessarily the person now
10 bring this reform about, and Is
there any better way 10 secure the accomplish
meut OF the reform than by helping me now 10
accomplish it, if he believes me honest III my
purpose? The man who holds the reihs
is the one to whom for a safe terlhlua-
tion of the Journey must Of necessity trust.
Ii the disappointment rising from my inability
to name for office ali those by my
near personal and political friends were sutfi-
Cient cause for alienation those who wish me
we'll would be very few to-day.
THE GRAND ARMY.
Concerning recent events in Grand army
circles, Mr.. Cleveland said;
The soldier having laid down his arms, after
making so many sacrifices and enduring so many
hard5hipS. having achieved such q vast and
good work in DeTpctuatlng our republic,
should be pre-eminently the best citizen.
When he again in time OF peace resumes
his citizenship, his desire for the peace and
quiet of his country and ito prosperity should
be emphasized by the very trials he has under
gone. do not believe he can be carried away
from the even plane OF that good GU
Zcnship by the devices of INSCRIPTIONS men
who would use him for partisan purposes.
lie did not fear there would be any overt act IN
St. Louis in retaliation for the meeting Incl
dent, because it was contrary 10 what he knew
to be the spirit of the municipal and CONNER
cial bodies which had invited him there, md
which he believed to be the spirit Of the whole
people of st. Louis.
With the progress of civil service reform
the president is very much pleased
In the first year and "a half Of my admlnistra-
tion. said the president, men came here 10y the
thousands, anI there was always
the same formula, II have come, Mr.. Presi-
dent, to ask that -- be removed.
The reason, / would say. Why, he is a Re
publican, would be the uniform answer. THIS
was repeated over and over again in each sue
cessive case. 1 could have but the same answer.
You must bring me proof Of his unftuess as a
public officer" / understood very we'll
their inability to comprehend this.
Knowing very well the process which
had obtained here for so many years, / could
but emphasize with their inability. But now
the formula is altogether changed. | have not
heard that expression for many months past. Is
Is now, at the outset Of every application for
p change: This man is unfit, a faithlest
public servant, and these are the reasons Is
not this q very great deal to have accomplished?
HIS DENOMINATION
Concerning the question of his reno nina
ton, Mr.. Cleveland said:
1t seems to be the universal belief that a
president must desire q denomination. cannot
understand how any man VINO has served one
term as president could have \ personal am
bition in securing a second term, with all its
solemn responsibilities, its harassing duties
and its constant and gTievous exacttons upon
his mental and physical strength. His
consent TO accept q second term should
rest upon his sense of solemn obligation as a
citizen and aspiration of his duty when called
upon to bear his particular part Of the burden of
citizenship Thus the office can have-at least
- SSS 5S=S t3T ai5-a0 personal aiiuT5mISm05. 4
hope my present may be concluded wilh profit
TO the country, and with as few mistakes on my
own part as are incident to fallible human
nature.